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After Effects Course Online March 12, 2025 Advanced

After Effects Course - Advanced

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10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Online Training

$795.00

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In this two-day advanced After Effects course, you will discover advanced skills for creating visual effects and motion graphics. In this course, you learn advanced compositing, the timeline, selections, color correction, color keying, motion tracking, expressions, environmental effects, and more. Learn to integrate sophisticated motion graphics and special effects into your video editing projects or create dedicated motion graphics for presentations and displays. Our After Effects courses are led by the team that writes the best-selling After Effects Digital Classroom as you learn from live instructors who lead each course.

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Advanced After Effects course topics

Visual Effects workflow
  • After Effects workflow considerations
Chroma keying in After Effects
  • Greenscreen shooting basics
  • Using masks for compositing (garbage mattes)
  • Using keylight
  • Refining a matte
Motion tracking
  • Understanding motion tracking
  • Motion tracking vs stabilization
  • Setting a track point
  • Using null objects
  • Compositing 2D graphics
Motion stabilization with After Effects
  • Using the Warp Stabilizer
3D camera tracking
  • Using the 3D Camera tracker
  • Compositing 3D graphics with video
Time remapping video
  • Understanding time remapping
  • Slow motion effects
  • Fast motion effects
  • Using frame blending
Color correction and color adjustment
  • Adjusting tonality
  • Advanced color adjustments
Creating a background loop
 
Using After Effects cloning tools

Rotoscoping video footage

  • Manual rotoscoping
  • Using the roto brush
  • Painting on color
Creating environmental effects
  • Fog
  • Smoke
  • Mist
  • Wind
  • Precipitation
  • Fire
  • Heat Distortion
  • Explosive Effects
Advanced After Effects render queue usage
  • Render Output Settings
  • Output Module Templates

The course topics serve as an outline for the course. Instructors may adjust content based on the specific needs of each class, such as to answer your  After Effects questions.

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Why After Effects classes at AGI are the best option for you

  • Hands-on learning: Learn After Effects quickly with our proven teaching methods.
  • Exceptional curriculum: AGI has delivered After Effects training to thousands over 25 years.
  • Expert instructors: Our instructors are After Effects experts and skilled educators.
  • Small class sizes: Receive personalized attention with 10 or fewer participants per class.
  • Repeat for Free: If you need a refresher or miss a class day, retake the After Effects class at no cost.